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ash333

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Hi my friends. I would like to askew you something:

Last week I bought my HVX200 (In BHPHOTOVIDEO) and I very Ignorant about the it. I bought it without P2 cards therefore I only can record in mini DV tape.

I Have a PC with Adobe premiere CS3 and Avid xpress pro HD and I red in another post that I could capture HD footage throw mi computer, How this is work? I mean in the software, how I have to do it? Is this true I can capture in a PC?

If this work I will buy a laptop in order to capture HD footage, Is that a good idea?

Well, thanks a lot my friends

PD: I have a CD that came with the camera and I hace not idea what to do with it jajajajaja

I hope you'll help me
Ash333 ( Stupid user XD)
 
You can record directly to a PC if you have Adobe OnLocation, which is part of the latest CS3 suite. If you have a recent version of CS3, you should already have OnLocation. If not, you should be able to upgrade.

You need to connect your HVX to your PC (hopefully it's a laptop!) via firewire, launch OnLocation, turn the camera on, and then press the OnLocation record button on the software monitor. It will start recording. It's pretty sweet.
 
ozzymandius said:
You can record directly to a PC if you have Adobe OnLocation, which is part of the latest CS3 suite. If you have a recent version of CS3, you should already have OnLocation. If not, you should be able to upgrade.

You need to connect your HVX to your PC (hopefully it's a laptop!) via firewire, launch OnLocation, turn the camera on, and then press the OnLocation record button on the software monitor. It will start recording. It's pretty sweet.
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Ooooh excellent I will try this

THANKS A LOT MY FRIEND
 
But remember, the files will be BIG. Your laptop internal hard drive will fill up quickly.

You would be best using an external hard drive as your capture drive.
 
There is something that I don't understand: How I have to do it to capture HD footage. Do I have to set the camera. How I do it if I don't have P2 Cards?

Thanks a lot
 
  1. Hook your HVX to your laptop via firewire.
  2. Start up OnLocation software and open a 16:9 monitor from the component drop-down menu, if one is not already visible.
  3. Also choose the DV recorder component if it is not already visible
  4. Turn on your camera.
  5. On your camera's menu, go to recording and set up 720 P or 1080 P recording.
  6. Just make sure not to choose "PN" recording, as that does not transmit over firewire
  7. In OnLocation, choose HVX from the device drop-down menu
  8. In the OnLocation monitor you should now see what your camera sees
  9. You do not need to press record on your camera, only press record on the OnLocation DV recorder bar
  10. You are now recording HD footage direct to your laptop's HD!
 
ozzymandius said:
  1. Hook your HVX to your laptop via firewire.
  2. Start up OnLocation software and open a 16:9 monitor from the component drop-down menu, if one is not already visible.
  3. Also choose the DV recorder component if it is not already visible
  4. Turn on your camera.
  5. On your camera's menu, go to recording and set up 720 P or 1080 P recording.
  6. Just make sure not to choose "PN" recording, as that does not transmit over firewire
  7. In OnLocation, choose HVX from the device drop-down menu
  8. In the OnLocation monitor you should now see what your camera sees
  9. You do not need to press record on your camera, only press record on the OnLocation DV recorder bar
  10. You are now recording HD footage direct to your laptop's HD!
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I'll try Ozzy

Thanks a lot for your help!!! :D
 
ozzymandius said:
  1. Hook your HVX to your laptop via firewire.
  2. Start up OnLocation software and open a 16:9 monitor from the component drop-down menu, if one is not already visible.
  3. Also choose the DV recorder component if it is not already visible
  4. Turn on your camera.
  5. On your camera's menu, go to recording and set up 720 P or 1080 P recording.
  6. Just make sure not to choose "PN" recording, as that does not transmit over firewire
  7. In OnLocation, choose HVX from the device drop-down menu
  8. In the OnLocation monitor you should now see what your camera sees
  9. You do not need to press record on your camera, only press record on the OnLocation DV recorder bar
  10. You are now recording HD footage direct to your laptop's HD!
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IT WORKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hey Ozzy, I did everything that you told me but I captured in my PC (No laptop) and I couldn't watch the footage because My computer SUCKS. I mean I could watch some image, then cut then image

Ozzy I urgently need a laptop. Ozzy, What do you recomend in order to capture fooate with onlocation? What Kind of processor? Is mac better than sony baio for instance?

Please help me again :)

Thanks a bunch my friend
 
It's a bit of a catch-22. While a MacBook Pro is far more capable of running the latest versions of FCP/etc it has an Express Card slot rather than a PCMCIA slot for the P2 card. So a Powerbook is actually a better transfer station but not as powerful for editing. Perhaps a cheapie PC just to do the capturing is not that bad a call.

Noah
 
NoahK said:
It's a bit of a catch-22. While a MacBook Pro is far more capable of running the latest versions of FCP/etc it has an Express Card slot rather than a PCMCIA slot for the P2 card. So a Powerbook is actually a better transfer station but not as powerful for editing. Perhaps a cheapie PC just to do the capturing is not that bad a call.

Noah
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So, in simple word .

For editing , Mac or pc?
For capturing, Mac or pc?

For capturing and editing, Mac or PC?

:D Sorry, I'm a stupid user!!! XD
 
For me- editing on a Mac is the way to go but that's a different question from What do you recomend in order to capture fooate with onlocation?

-Noah
 
adobe does NOT offer onlocation for the mac. so in this case pc is the way to go - unless you wanna buy a new crop of software$$$.

i have an hp dv8000 thats about a year old that works great. paid just under $2000 for it.
 
You can check on eBay for a decent laptop. I got a refurbished 15" Fujitsu with a dual core AMD Turion X2 processor, 2GB of ram, 120 GB HDD @ 5400 rpm for $800. Came with a 90-day warranty from Fujitsu. It also has both an express card slot AND a PCMCIA slot. So in addition to using OnLocation via firewire, I can stick a P2 card into the laptop and download that as well.

I think you want to shoot for at least a dual core processor at 2Ghz or faster, 2GB of ram minimum and an HD that runs at least 5400 rpm. 7200 rpm is recommended by Adobe but some people on this forum run HDs slower than 5400 rpm and have no problems.

My lappy also came with Windows Vista (!) which I had to wipe out and replace with Win XP. Vista itself may or may not have been the problem. Could have been some other conflict with whatever other software came on the laptop. But doing a clean install of XP, with no other programs added, yields a laptop that seems to run OnLocation efficiently. I have been testing a couple of days and so far everything kicks butt.

Aiming to shoot a documentary in January. Lots of lengthy interviews. OnLocation should be a life saver.
 
ozzymandius said:
You can check on eBay for a decent laptop. I got a refurbished 15" Fujitsu with a dual core AMD Turion X2 processor, 2GB of ram, 120 GB HDD @ 5400 rpm for $800. Came with a 90-day warranty from Fujitsu. It also has both an express card slot AND a PCMCIA slot. So in addition to using OnLocation via firewire, I can stick a P2 card into the laptop and download that as well.

I think you want to shoot for at least a dual core processor at 2Ghz or faster, 2GB of ram minimum and an HD that runs at least 5400 rpm. 7200 rpm is recommended by Adobe but some people on this forum run HDs slower than 5400 rpm and have no problems.

My lappy also came with Windows Vista (!) which I had to wipe out and replace with Win XP. Vista itself may or may not have been the problem. Could have been some other conflict with whatever other software came on the laptop. But doing a clean install of XP, with no other programs added, yields a laptop that seems to run OnLocation efficiently. I have been testing a couple of days and so far everything kicks butt.

Aiming to shoot a documentary in January. Lots of lengthy interviews. OnLocation should be a life saver.
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OOOOH cool laptop. I'll check it and I tell you. Thanks again
 
Is one internal laptop 7200 SATA HDD fast enough with Onlocation installed on the same drive to record DVCPRO HD 1080i? (some programs need to be installed on seperate drive)


Is an ext. 7200 SATA HDD via USB2.0 fast enough for DVCPRO HD 1080i recording?
 
daktulus said:
Is one internal laptop 7200 SATA HDD fast enough with Onlocation installed on the same drive to record DVCPRO HD 1080i? (some programs need to be installed on seperate drive)


Is an ext. 7200 SATA HDD via USB2.0 fast enough for DVCPRO HD 1080i recording?
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From everything I'v read on these forums, a 7200 SATA via USB2.0 should be more than fast enough. Adobe recommends the drives be formatted NTFS for best results. I'm going to test out FAT32 and see how that works.

Seems for best results, you should open and save a new recording session to the external SATA. OnLocation runs on the main drive, but all recording data streams to the external. Should work fine.
 
ozzymandius said:
From everything I'v read on these forums, a 7200 SATA via USB2.0 should be more than fast enough. Adobe recommends the drives be formatted NTFS for best results. I'm going to test out FAT32 and see how that works.

Seems for best results, you should open and save a new recording session to the external SATA. OnLocation runs on the main drive, but all recording data streams to the external. Should work fine.
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Right now I'm solely running off a 5400 RPM internal and that is fast enough for 1080p, so your internal 7200 should be more than fast enough. But I imagine OnLocation performance is also contingent on what else you have running on your main HD. The less other programs, the better....
 
So, Hard disk 7200 es the correct one!! Right? Got it
Then the processor????
Dual core?

What 's the diference of HDD and HD (Hard disk)?

Thanks a lot and I'm sorry the stupid questions :D
 
wgzn said:
adobe does NOT offer onlocation for the mac. so in this case pc is the way to go - unless you wanna buy a new crop of software$$$.

i have an hp dv8000 thats about a year old that works great. paid just under $2000 for it.
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I was under the impression that you COULD run onlocation on a mac w/Leopard and the included Bootcamp.
 
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